Winner of the inaugural "First Fiction" prize from Holy Cow! Press, this masterful collection of stories explores topics of marriage, divorce, old age, and motherhood with gentle humor and insightfulness. Karmel is also the author of a novel, Being Esther.

Marcie Rendon's debut mystery novel introduces us to Cash, a tough, 19-year-old Anishinabe woman whose life changes when she is called on to help investigate a murder. Rendon, a member of the White Earth Anishinabe Nation, is an accomplished playwright, poet, and author of books for children, including Powwow Summer.

Seeking inspiration for a new font, graphic designer Carolyn Porter stumbled across a bundle of letters in a Stillwater antique store and was immediately drawn to their beautiful handwriting. Though she couldn't understand the language, she could see that they had all been signed by a man named Marcel Heuzé and mailed from Berlin to France during World War II. Marcel's Letters is the incredible story of her search to uncover the mystery of Heuzé's fate while simultaneously developing the acclaimed P22 Marcel Script font.

The first time journalist Jon Lurie met José Perez, the smart, angry, 15-year-old Lakota-Puerto Rican drew a knife and questioned Lurie's authority. Five years later, both men are floundering. Lurie is newly divorced and depressed. Perez is embedded in a haze of women and street feuds. Then Lurie hits upon a plan to save them: embark together on a mythic 2,000-mile paddle from Breckenridge, MN, to the Hudson Bay. Written in gritty, honest prose, Canoeing with José describes their remarkable journey. Lurie has worked as a journalist, wilderness guide, and as a teen adviser at a Native American journalism program. He is also the coauthor, with Clyde Bellecourt, of The Thunder Before the Storm.

In Kaethe Schwehn's mesmerizing postapocalyptic debut, 95 percent of the world's population has disappeared without a trace. The 5 percent who remain must struggle to survive in the ruined world with no understanding of what has happened or why. Schwehn is also the author of Tailings: A Memoirwhich won a Minnesota Book Award in 2015.